diff --git a/dev-libs/boron/Manifest b/dev-libs/boron/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..790cc271727e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/boron/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST boron-2.0.8.tar.gz 351968 BLAKE2B c89b61ca2cf55960edd5cfbb8b6bfe9501cfca775a250d325d5f2874423aafca5d9157600a1859c17909c6948f47830613e42b2b916335636876c60ffe7782d2 SHA512 b583dfafc10a640c2cf919b38e5bcdfcbe146e874d4c41fbd4fc6d510ea38938b3e91de502f42e5b2923c9dd201358ffe15c0df47655ac8a8ed2294979338db0
diff --git a/dev-libs/boron/boron-2.0.8.ebuild b/dev-libs/boron/boron-2.0.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db885c01179b9
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+++ b/dev-libs/boron/boron-2.0.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="A scripting language similar to REBOL"
+HOMEPAGE="https://urlan.sourceforge.net/boron/"
+SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/urlan/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="bzip2 readline"
+
+DEPEND="
+	bzip2? ( app-arch/bzip2:= )
+	!bzip2? ( sys-libs/zlib:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.0.8_makefile.patch"
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	# Non-standard configure
+	./configure \
+		$(usex bzip2 "--bzip2" "") \
+		|| die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}/usr" install install-dev
+	dodoc README.md
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/boron/files/boron-2.0.8_makefile.patch b/dev-libs/boron/files/boron-2.0.8_makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f524663756d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/boron/files/boron-2.0.8_makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 8f796a61697e9efe1d6e5498b807e74fc274af24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Azamat H. Hackimov" <azamat.hackimov@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:01:28 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixes to buildsystem
+
+* Properly respect CFLAGS
+* Respect LDFLAGS
+* Don't compress man-pages
+* Don't strip binaries
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ VIM_DIR=$(DESTDIR)/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax
+ 
+ OS := $(shell uname)
+ 
+-CFLAGS = -pipe -pedantic -Wall -W -Iinclude -Iurlan -Ieval -Isupport
+-CFLAGS += -O3 -DNDEBUG
++CFLAGS += -pipe -pedantic -Wall -W -Iinclude -Iurlan -Ieval -Isupport
+ #CFLAGS += -g -DDEBUG
+ 
+ ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
+@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ $(ODIR)/%.o: eval/%.c
+ 	cc -c $(CFLAGS) $(CONFIG) $< -o $@
+ 
+ boron: $(EXE_OBJS) $(BORON_LIB)
+-	cc $^ -o $@ $(EXE_LIBS)
++	cc $^ -o $@ $(EXE_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ $(ODIR)/os.o: unix/os.c
+ 	cc -c $(CFLAGS) $(CONFIG) $< -o $@
+@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ ifdef STATIC_LIB
+ else ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
+ 	libtool -dynamiclib -o $@ $^ -install_name @rpath/$(BORON_LIB) $(LIBS)
+ else
+-	cc -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,libboron.so.2 $^ $(LIBS)
++	cc -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,libboron.so.2 $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+ 	ln -sf $(BORON_LIB) libboron.so.2
+ 	ln -sf $(BORON_LIB) libboron.so
+ endif
+@@ -130,13 +129,12 @@ ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
+ 	install_name_tool -change libboron.dylib $(LIB_DIR)/libboron.dylib boron
+ 	install -m 644 libboron.dylib $(LIB_DIR)
+ else
+-	install -m 755 -s $(BORON_LIB) $(LIB_DIR)
++	install -m 755 $(BORON_LIB) $(LIB_DIR)
+ 	ln -s $(BORON_LIB) $(LIB_DIR)/libboron.so.2
+ endif
+ endif
+-	install -s -m 755 boron $(BIN_DIR)
+-	gzip -c -n doc/boron.troff > doc/boron.1.gz
+-	install -m 644 doc/boron.1.gz $(MAN_DIR)
++	install -m 755 boron $(BIN_DIR)
++	install -m 644 doc/boron.troff $(MAN_DIR)/boron.1
+ 
+ uninstall:
+ 	rm -f $(BIN_DIR)/boron $(MAN_DIR)/boron.1
+-- 
+2.39.2
+
diff --git a/dev-libs/boron/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/boron/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a665448e5653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/boron/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>azamat.hackimov@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Azamat H. Hackimov</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="sourceforge">urlan</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>